The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-09-17
PERSONAL.

DR.. McGLYNN's head measures 23l5 inches in
circumference, not allowing anything for that
portion which has beenswelled.
SIR DrNsHAw MANooleJEE PETIT, a Parsee mill
owner of Bombay, has in twenty years given
away million dollars for various benevolent
purposes.
A FRIEND of G. P Huntington quotes him as
saying that he is not half so much afraid of the
Pacific railroad investigating committee as he is
of Mrs. Hetty Green.
BECAUSE the custom house people inspected
Mrs. Frank Leslie's baggage when she returned
from Europe last Friday and found some dutia-
Bile articles, the lady publisher promises 10
begin free trade crusade against the govern
ment.
NEARLY two weeks ago Miss Ella Sugg, of
Betterton, ILL.,, told her parents she was going
off on visit. and, laboring under the deluson
that the Lord called her there she went into
the woods and tasted for eleven days. She is
sadly wasted but will recover
MARY MApEs DODGE. editor of st. Nicholas,
author or Hans Brinker' and other noted
works, has been many years widow. She began
writing as a distraction from her grief at the
loss of her husband and as a means of properly
educating her two boys.
WALPoLE's DUCHESS OF RUTLAND was ac-
customed to say to her niece, when one of those
apoc yphal anecdotes of which the Courts of
the Georges were so prolific, came to her ears
That's a lie my dear; but make note of it; it
will do for news in the country"
MANY of PATHS childish treasures are to be
seen at Craiyy Nos Castle among others the
friend and companion of her youth, the doll
Heuriette, dressed in snowy white muslin and
laces, and ready as ever to squeak Mamma"
and Papa" when pressure is Drought to bear
upon her.
THE will of Mrs. Vincent, the Boston actress.
who died last week, leaves 81, 900 TO each of her
six nieces and nephews. The Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals gets the same
amount, and that for the Prevention of Cruelty
col fc al
her friends.
dent of the Chicago Corn Exchange Bank, is a
diletante. His collection of paintings is one of
the finest in the West. His library is filled with
rare books. He has sound notions of archi-
lecture and interior decoration and fortune OF
S2,00O00O to carry out the same.
ONE of the most successful temperance
workers beyond the Mississippi is Miss Laura
Winkler of Iowa. She was born blind, but her
earnest zeal is not impaired to any serious ex-
tent by her affection. Miss Winklers fayoiite
field is the workshop. She visits factories
during the noon hour and makes personal ap
peal to the workmen to shun King Alcohol
AFTER ALL, what is fameS Ecxley b. Cox, of Drift
ton, one OF the Democratic leaders in the Penn
sylvana Senate IN 1881 aud 1888 who could have
been nominated for Governor the year that
Robert f. PGtCison was named. had he said the
word, is described by Hazleton correspondent
of the New York World as n man high in the
ly indorses its platform about protection"
Mas. GOULD a rich widow of California, re-
Gently resolved to disinherit her daughter, be-
cause of her elopement Soon afterwari she
learned that the parents of the groom had
closed their doors against the young couple.
She became angry at this, declaring that her
daughter was as good as any woman on earth,
and concluded by forgving all, presenting the
bride and groom with n comfortable share of
her home and fortune.
LYMAN TaUMBULL, the famous ex-senator, is
living quietly at Oakland, ILL.,, taking care of his
garden and oils law practice. His brother and
his sons live near him. He does not look much
older than he did fifteen years ago, when Mast
SO often sketched his strong and intellectual
face Ills law practice Is enormous, and Is said
10 be worth $4,000 year. There are not half
"A dozen lawyers In the West whocan command
fees AS large as Lyman Trumbulls.
IL AN interview az Baltimore regarding the
Catholic University az Washington, Bishop Ire
land says that the faculty will consist Of ten
professors three OF whom have already been
secured Pastor. the great German historian
from the university AZ Tyr0l, who viii be lee
turar on history. aud kerdat, from one o. the
universities IN liOne, "a lecturer on Azsyrology
aud Egypt0logy. The name ~ the third pro
feror has not yei bss,n made public, but he u
al eminent man 0i lettern